use multiple methods to reinforce vocabulary knowledge." This was a big take away for me because to me this is something that may have good intent and seem good at first but really it is just hurting ELL's and there are more productive and affective methods.

grouping students both homogenously and heterogeneously according to language ability." I thought this idea was interesting because  I was recently learning the same thing with gifted education. It is something that we can definitely use in a classroom that benefits all students.

communication, meaningful questions, meaningful interaction with the materials, and meaningful ways to express understanding." This stuck out to me, because for students to learn, they need to be able to have an interest in what is being taught.

every attempt to use items in which students have some familiarity, or are unique to their background." I believe that learning about your students culture and backgrounds is important and implementing it in your classroom is even more important.

 student is confused or has a question, because the traditions of many of these students discourage

 questioning the teacher; students may need several

 weeks before they feel confident enough to ask

 questions.' This stood out to me as I think this is something that is important for teachers to consider in order to make sure their students are all able to have the same level of success. It is also something I hadn't really thought of before.